Re: HOWTO vs mini-HOWTO [was: Linux Doc Infrastructure]
- From: Guylhem Aznar <guylhem metalab unc edu>
- To: Morten Kjeldgaard <mok imsb au dk>
- Cc: Kim Lester <kim dfusion com au>, ldp-discuss lists debian org, gnome-doc-list gnome org, recipient list not shown: ;
- Subject: Re: HOWTO vs mini-HOWTO [was: Linux Doc Infrastructure]
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 01:18:19 +0100
On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 06:56:28PM +0100, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote:
> I propose that the distinction between HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs should be
> abolished, because a grouping based on the sizes of the documents it is a
> very arbitrary and non-intuitive distinction. In fact, some mini-HOWTOs
> are longer than some HOWTOs. Approximately 2/3 of the mini-HOWTOs are
> longer than the shortest HOWTOs!
Aboloshing the distrinction is a good idea, but it would confuse people.
mini HOWTOs are "mini" since they focus on a specific topic
--
Guylhem Aznar, Linux Documentation Project: http://www.linuxdoc.org
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